ELLIOT:
The pursuit of technological progress has become the fulfilling of false
needs, it makes lifes trifles easier, its true hardships unforseen. Pirsig
notices the irrationality of this rational society in the end of lila. I
illustarte it in the first couple paragraphs of my essay. lets address it
rather than say, well, the material suffering of the past has been overcome,
there is nothing else to do, lets make life as lazy a pursuit as possible.
we march on, uncritically, proclaiming our system superior, denying the
possiblity of greater freedom.
PS- please strive for a bigginers mind in this conversation, feel free to
drop your old ideas because im not talking about economics or a market.
ROG:
I value your utopian vision and agree that people should strive to follow
their own path and pursue quality, excellence and art -- both within and
outside of their jobs. I will, however, continue to raise warnings when I
see people starting to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Rog
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